Did youse guys order Chinses food in those cardboard cartons?
We used to get them all the time. I would order up a big mess of stuff when we decided to get chinks. Dumplings. Egg Rolls. Spare Ribs. Beef with Broccoli. Szechuan Chicken. Beef in Oyster sauce. Chop Suey. Chow Mein. Lo Mein. The list goes on.
The stuff is horrible for you. Too much salt. MSG. Not so clean in their kitchen practices.
But that shit tasted great. Especially with a couple of beers.
Now that Lisa has to be gluten free, and we are careful about what we eat I haven't had any of this for about fifteen years. Still when I see somebody on TV getting takeout, I get jealous.
I do miss it.
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Food on television is weird as no one spending any time eating it. Familys or groups will sit down to full tables, talk for a while as the food grows cold and then hop up as if they've finished dinner, with everything still on the plate and table.
What the heck does "get chinks" refer to? Is that a delicate way to describe the explosive effects of MSG on the bowels?
No chinks refers to the food.
Like Italian is Wop Slop.
It's a Brooklyn thing.
Here's the deal on missing something. The sensory memories are there, but time often moves us out of the moment, and away from one opportunity into another. When one comes close to dying dying (twice now?)but doesn't, and instead remains present to experience more life without some of the previous elements one loved or enjoyed it is a form of re-birth, a moving forward and a leaving behind that includes both loss and gain.
Holding both of those realities while living in the that grey area is not as easy as living in a clear cut, black and white world.
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